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DREYFUS, Alfred (1859-1935)
Autograph letter signed “Dreyfus” to Alfred Bruneau
N.p, 20th Nov[ember] 1901, 1 page in-8
“Let’s hope we end up finding what we’re looking for”
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DREYFUS, Alfred (1859-1935)
Autograph letter signed “Dreyfus” to Alfred Bruneau
N.p, 20th Nov[ember] 1901, 1 page in-8
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Scarce letter from Dreyfus, contemporary of the Affair, struggling to find a new home
« Cher Monsieur,
Je vous remercie bien vivement de votre lettre et je vous serais très reconnaissant d’être mon interprète auprès de M. Frantz Jourdain pour le remercier de son aimable et cordiale obligeance.
Ma femme a été visiter aujourd’hui même l’appartement du 86 rue Corvisart, il est trop petit comme dimensions des pièces. Espérons que nous finissions par dénicher ce que nous cherchons.
Mes respectueux et sympathiques hommages à Madame Bruneau et croyez-moi bien votre,
Dreyfus”
Alfred Bruneau is a musician and friend of Emile Zola. Through architect Frantz Jourdain (another friend of Zola’s), Bruneau helped Dreyfus find an apartment. Although he had been pardoned by Emile Loubet a year earlier after the trial was re-reviewed in Rennes, Dreyfus had difficulty finding a new home in 1901, the majority of the owners rejecting his name.
